Making Time for Many Adventures -

It’s amazing what can be accomplished in a short period of time. Normally, Shane or I (and sometimes both) have prior commitments on the weekend – work or otherwise. Not this weekend. Other than the 5k race I ran on Saturday, we were both “off duty” and at home!

We made it the best weekend ever, using both our love for adventure and time travel. {okay, so maybe not really time travel}

It’s actually called time distortion! I first learned the concept from Shane, who practices it daily. The theme of time distortion was also an integral part of the book The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists {necessary reading for anyone who has an interest in dating. Or time distortion.}

Here’s how it works: we filled our short weekend with a variety of different activities. The trick is that none of the activities can overlap; all attention must be given to one activity at a time, so no multitasking is allowed. Each of the adventures were able to be completed in a short amount of time, so we had a nice collection by the end of the weekend.

{one of our adventures involved kayaks!}

In The Game, the artists used time distortion techniques as a mechanism to build a tight bond the end of a very short date (time-wise) that feels like a lifetime. Here’s an example: in the time a normal evening date would take place (let’s say 2.5 hours), the date would start at one place for appetizers or drinks, move to another place for dinner, and move to another place for something else — coffee, dancing, dessert. In the same time it might take to have one dinner date, three tasks are accomplished, at three different venues. The adventure/date feels longer, and you’d end up feeling closer to the other person, having shared so much.

In our case, we wanted to leave the weekend having lived it to the fullest. We distorted time to accomplish many adventures in a regular period of time.

Cramming multiple adventures into the day makes time slow down, or seem to slow down. Time is fixed, but can be twisted to seem longer or shorter. Our days still contained the same amount of hours, but since more was accomplished, they felt longer. And who doesn’t want a longer weekend?

Want a glimpse into our super long (but short) adventure-filled weekend?

I raced a 5k and won my age group! Read all about it.

We attended the weekly Farmer’s Market in Chestertown and scored some amazing eats.

{and then followed it up with a fabulous Green Monster smoothie. Brief recipe is on the Fit for Life facebook page!}

We made sauerkraut using veggies we found at the Farmer’s market (stay tuned for the full post!)

We spent several solid hours in the garden, adding mulch, transplanting some vegetables, and hanging the hammock!

I cut rhubarb from our plants — our first garden harvest for 2012!

We spent time each day on the Chester River – first on the pontoon, then on a boat with friends, and then in kayaks just after sunrise.

We traveled to Bel Air to spend Mother’s Day with Shane’s family,

and gave each of the mamas (Shane’s mom and two sisters) fruit plants to grow at home!

A seemingly long weekend! We had so many fantastic adventures in a normal weekend. The way we practiced it, time distortion also allows us to remember each adventure separately, since nothing overlapped, and each event was given full focus.

I’m such a fan of time distortion. Each day might seem short, but there’s so much time, and so many adventures can happen within it. Live each day fully!

Making Time for Many Adventures

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